History of the Vintage Candy
Nothing is more 'in touch" with today than the Vintage Candy of yesteryear. A time when things were much kinder and less complicated, we all feel nostalgia rising inside of us when we see our favorite candies when we were a child. Vintage read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History

History of Whitman's Candies
Nothing touches the heart more than by receiving a Whitman's box of chocolates for a birthday, an anniversary, Christmas, or Easter. How he started his candy empire is an interesting story, as a 19-year old Quaker tried to compete with the read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History

Hershey's - the American Chocolate Candy Icon
There are very few people who have not heard of Hershey's candies, especially with Easter holiday coming up. Not a product to be taken lightly, it originated in 1894 with Milton S. Hershey. Here is a story of how his chocolate became the read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History

The Rune Language
With a similarity to its symbols and other Neolithic symbologies between China, Crete and Egypt, analyses of the Rune language actually showed it had very little similarity to Near Eastern writing. read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History

History of the 1362 Kensington Rune Stone
It is a common belief that Christopher Columbus was the first westerner to set foot in America, but this theory has been challenged with the discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone in Minnesota. Originally found in Minnesota in the year 1898 by read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History

The History of Alzheimer's Disease
The history of Alzheimer's disease had its origin with Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist. Born on June 14, 1864, he was responsible for the finding of one of the world's most common cause of presenile dementia, referred read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History